Francisco de Cosío y Otero explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:Most Reverend
Francisco de Cosío y Otero
Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Church:Catholic Church
Archdiocese:Archdiocese of Santafé en Nueva Granada
Term:1704–1715
Predecessor:Ignacio de Urbina
Successor:Francisco del Rincón
Consecration:6 Apr 1704
Consecrated By:Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán
Birth Date:12 Apr 1640
Birth Place:Turieno, Spain
Death Date:29 Nov 1715 (age 75)
Death Place:Bogota, Colombia

Francisco de Cosío y Otero (1640–1715) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (1704–1715).[1] [2]

Biography

Francisco de Cosío y Otero was born in Turieno, Spain on 12 Apr 1640.On 14 Jan 1704, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Clement XI as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada.On 6 Apr 1704, he was consecrated bishop by Pedro Portocarrero y Guzmán, Patriarch of West Indies, with Benito Madueño y Ramos, Titular Bishop of Sion and Atanasio Esterriga Trajanáuregui, Titular Bishop of Lycopolis, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada until his death on 29 Nov 1715.

While bishop, he was the principal co-consecrator of Jerónimo Nosti de Valdés, Bishop of Puerto Rico (1704).

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Notes and References

  1. Book: HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol V. Ritzler. Remigius. Sefrin. Pirminus. 202. 1952. Messagero di S. Antonio. Patavii. (in Latin)
  2. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcosio.html "Archbishop Francisco de Cosío y Otero"